Table 3.

Item Reliability of PedNIHSS

Item Numbers - Name	Weighted κ Value	95% Confidence Intervals
1a LOC	0.78	0.36 – 1.00
1b LOC Questions	0.63	0.14 – 1.00
1c LOC Commands	1.00	1.00 – 1.00
2 Best Gaze	*	*
3 Visual	0.65	0 – 1.00
4 Facial Palsy	0.70	0.46 – 0.93
5a Motor Left Arm	0.79	0.64 – 0.93
5b Motor Right Arm	0.89	0.73 – 1.00
6a Motor Left Leg	0.78	0.55 – 1.00
6b Motor Right Leg	0.88	0.71 – 1.00
7 Limb Ataxia	0.74	0.37 – 1.00
8 Sensory	0.60	0.18 – 1.00
9 Best Language	0.85	0.67 – 1.00
10 Dysarthria	0.79	0.55 – 1.00
11 Extinction	0.70	0.31 – 1.00

LOC – level of consciousness;

^*Raters had 100% agreement; number of categories insufficient to calculate k.